ISSN:
1614-3116
Keywords:
water waves
;
elastic vessel
;
Dragon Wash
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract Linear and nonlinear analyses of water waves in an elastic vessel are carried out to study the dramatic phenomena of Dragon Wash as well as related controllable experiments. It is proposed that the capillary edge waves are generated by parametric resonance, which is shown to be a possible mechanism for both rectangular an circular vessels. For circular vessel, the normal geometric resonance is also operating, thus greatly enhance the dramatic effect. The mechanism of nonlinear mode-mode interaction is proposed for the generation of axisymmetric low-frequency gravity waves by the high- frequency external excitation. A simple model system is studied numerically to demonstrate explicitly this interaction mechanism.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02487188
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